lyANDRBTHS' DESCRIPTIVB I.ISf OF VEGETABIvE SEEDS. 15 
DESGRfPTiVE LIST OF 
ARTICHOKE. 
Laxge Globe French vegetable, the flower buds of which are edible. 
ASPARAGUS. 
Colossal Seed The largest and leading variety in the State of Jersey. 
Palmetto Seed The leading variety in Carolina and the South. 
Colossal Koots A selection of Colossal, two and three years old, for 
setting out. November till April. 
Palmetto Boots Two and three years old, for setting out, November til! 
April. 
TABLE BEETS. 
Egyptian, Extra Early A flat EJxtra Karly Red sort ; very popular. 
Eclipse (extra early) A half-round Kxtra Elarly Red variety; most excellent, 
Bassano, or Extra Early .... The earliest of its size, alternate circles of red and 
white. 
Landreths' Very Early Forcing. Almost as early as :^g3-ptian and hardier, very short 
leaved ; a most superior sort. 
Lentz Turnip . Very early and desirable. 
Philadelphia Early Turnip . . . Early and large, alternate rings of light pink and 
dark red. 
Bastian Turnip Alternately striped with red and pink ; large. 
Landreths' Early Blood Red. . The old reliable medium red turnip beetin cultivation. 
Edmunds' Blood Eed Deep blood flesh, more oval in form than I/andreths'. 
Dewing's Ked Turnip ...... A lighter colored type than EJdmunds'. 
Half-Long Blood Bed Very smooth skin, fine form ; color, dark blood; ex- 
cellent keeper. _ Market gardeners should plant this 
for winter keeping ; none its equal for winter. 
Philadelphia Perfection .... A variety of half-long, flesh deep blood, good keeper. 
Long Blood Bed Deep red flesh, large root, grows all underground. 
SUGAR BEETS FOR CATTLE. 
Silesian Sugar Flesh white, very early, very sweet, excellentfor table. 
Imperial Sugar Flesh white, sugary, heavy producer. 
Red Top Sugar Crown of root red, flesh white, early to develop. 
Klein Wanzleben Exceedingly rich in sugar, flesh white, used for sugar 
making. 
MANGOLDS FOR CATTLE. 
G-olden Tankard Very showy, oval in form, flesh white, rich golden skin. 
Yellow Globe Round, skin yellow, flesh white. 
Yellow Oval Root oblong or oval, skin golden. 
Red Globe Round, skin red, white flesh. 
Mammoth Long Bed Eighty tons have been grown to the acre. 
Horbiton Giant A selection of Mammoth Long Red. 
BUSH BEANS, GREEN PODS. 
Landreths' First in Market . . Earliest bean in existence, thirty days from germi- 
nation. 
Landreths' Improved Extra Pods round, solid green, thirty-two days from germi- 
Early Eed Valentine. nation. 
Mohawks, or Early Brown Six Thirty days from germination, pods green and flat. 
Weeks. 
Long Early Yellow Six Weeks. Thirty-two days from germination, green and flat. 
Pride of Uewtown . . ... . . . A variety of I^ong Yellow Six Weeks. 
IJ"e Plus Ultra . . . . . . . . . . . A small, very early Long Yellow Six Weeks. 
China Bed Eye Thirty-two days from germination, pods flat. 
Best of All Pods half-round, green dashed with red. 
Dwarf Horticultural Green pods, dashed with red. 
Extra Early Eefugee Thirty-two days from germination, pods curved found 
undulating. . 
Refugee, or Brown Speckled Forty days from germination, pods long, slim, green, 
Valentine. 
White Valentine Pods green, round, stringless, curved, 35 days. 
BUSH BEANS, WAX PODS. 
Landreths' Saddle-Back Wax . Pod golden wax, rotind, pulpy, stringless. 
Landreths' Scarlet . Pods long, half flat, golden wax, 35 days from germi- 
nation, very productive, seeds large and scarlet. 
A very showy sort and very excellent. 
